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Java 7 for Absolute Beginners

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Jay Bryant
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  • This aims to be one of the very first introductory books on the new Java 7 for novices.
  • Oracle and the open source community aims to release the new Java 7 language and core development kit around 3Q2011.
  • Java remains a popular language and it's a core skill set for most enterprise applications developers as well as mobile developers using Android and BlackBerry.

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Writing Your First Java Program

    • Jay Bryant
    Pages 1-13

  3. Java Syntax

    • Jay Bryant
    Pages 15-33

  4. Data Types

    • Jay Bryant
    Pages 35-49

  5. Operators

    • Jay Bryant
    Pages 51-76

  6. Control Flow, Looping, and Branching

    • Jay Bryant
    Pages 77-93

  7. Object-oriented Programming

    • Jay Bryant
    Pages 95-109

  8. Writing a User Interface

    • Jay Bryant
    Pages 111-150

  9. Writing and Reading Files

    • Jay Bryant
    Pages 151-168

  10. Writing and Reading XML

    • Jay Bryant
    Pages 169-184

  11. Animation

    • Jay Bryant
    Pages 185-203

  12. Debugging with Eclipse

    • Jay Bryant
    Pages 205-219

  13. Video Games

    • Jay Bryant
    Pages 221-247

  14. Garbage Collection

    • Jay Bryant
    Pages 249-261

  15. Recursion

    • Jay Bryant
    Pages 263-277

  16. Generics and Regular Expressions

    • Jay Bryant
    Pages 279-290

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 291-302
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About this book

Java 7 Programming for Absolute Beginners introduces the new core, open source Java Development Kit. Its focus is on practical knowledge and its completeness—it provides all the bits and pieces an utter novice needs to get started programming in Java.  

It seems as if everyone is writing applications or apps these days for Android, BlackBerry, and the enterprise—it's where the money's at. But, how do they do it? Well, it's best to start by learning Java, one of the most popular programming languages around these days, still. Yes, that's right. 

This book:

  • Teaches Java development in language anyone can understand, giving you the best possible start
  • Provides simple, step-by-step examples that make learning easy, allowing you to pick up the concepts without fuss
  • Offers clear code descriptions and layout so that you can get your code running as soon as possible

About the author

Jay Bryant has been writing about and programming computers in a variety of languages since 1987. He has written for General Electric, Motorola, 3M, Pitney Bowes, and others. He has programmed for Logical Information Machines (a Morningstar company), the Boston Globe, and others.

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